The Rangers ($3.535 million), Mariners ($2.557 million) and Angels ($2.315 million) have the most international slot money available from that group, perManny Randhawaof MLB.com.

Ohtani has until Dec. 22 to make a decision. It's unclear whether he plans to announce his choice before that now that the teams' sales pitches have been made.

Last month, the 23-year-old three-time All-Star selection in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball said he was interested in hearing how teams planned to use him.

"Just before I turned professional, I didn't imagine I would be able to do both," Ohtanitold reporters. "But since then, the fans have encouraged it."

He added: "I don't know if it will be possible, but I want to hear what teams over there say and what kind of situations might be available. Until that process has started, I can't say how it might work out."

Ohtani posted a .286/.358/.500 triple-slash line with 48 home runs in 403 games for the NPB's Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters over the past five years. On the mound, he compiled a 2.52 ERA with 624 strikeouts in 543 innings across 85 appearances (82 starts).